Improvement in watch-winding- and setting attachment



goed eine.

CHARLES SIIRO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters .Paten-t No. 96,844, dated November 16, 1869.

^ IMPROVEMENT IN WATCH-WINDING AND SETTING ATTACHMENT.

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The Sehcdnl.; referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Srmo, ot the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Winding andSetting-'Attach ment for lVatches; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to 'make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a perma- 7nent attachment tothe post of the fusee or barrel,

whereby the watch may be. both wound and set; and

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of' parts foreffecting the result.

Figure l represents a plan view of a watch, provided with myimprovements, when opened at the back;

Figure 2represents .the same witlrt-hc cap shut down; Y

Figule 3 represents a side elevation of' a part ofthe movement whendetached. from thc case; and

Figure 4 represents a similar view partly sectioned.

The upper end of the t'usee-sh'ait is provided with a latchet-clutch, a,permanently attached to it, and a hollow drum or sleeve, b, is placed onthis clutch a., so as to slide up or down on it.

The said drum carries a spring, c, which, falling into grooves in theclutch, will hold it either up or down, as it may be placed.

The 'said drum alsocarries, at the lower end, a

t toothed wheel, d, and atfthe upper end, a ratchet, f.

The folding handle g g is also attached to the upper end, the part gbeing crotclied and connected by a pin passing through the sleeve andthe ratchet f, and

the part y is notched in the side. and. jointed to thc upper end of thepart g, botlnbcing provided with openings, suited in shape andarrangement to permit the parts to be folded down, as represented infigs. l and 2, into a recess in the cap.

Then the attachment is 'pressed down into the p0- sition represented-intig. 1, the clutches. are in gear with each other, and the wheel d isdisconnected with the wheel 7|-, which belongs to the train connectingwith the hands'. In this position, the handle g g is turned back andforth, imparting an intermittentm'otion to the fusee, the clutchesslipping at each return;-

motion.

IVhen the attaclnn'cnt is adjusted to the position shown in 'g. 4, theclutches are disengaged and the wheels put into gear for adjusting thehands.,

The object of the spring c to hold the attachment in either position,with -suiicient strength to prevent it being.inadvertently moved out ofplace while working, either for winding or setting. Y

By reason of' the double connection of the handle g y', it folds nicelyinto` the' circular hold in -the cap, around the post required forturning the said handle.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure-,by Letters Patent The combinationof fusee-post, fixed and movable clutch-sleeve l), and arranged forwinding and sett-ing

